Chapter 144 Entering the palace to celebrate birthday

  The Empress Dowager was surprised at the sudden meeting with Daoist Puji, and then felt that this person came at the right time.

The Empress Dowager closed her eyes, took a deep breath, looked at Emperor Hongzhi, and said, "Originally, women should not interfere with the court\'s employment, but they are only related to the prince. If the Ai family cares, it will cause chaos. Whether Fang Jifan is good or bad, the Ai family It doesn’t count, but whether this person is deceiving the public with his rumors or not, Daoist Puji will personally report to the emperor, he came just in time, so let’s hear about it.”

Emperor Hongzhi was actually quite unhappy. He didn\'t like Taoist priests, and he didn\'t like real people. To be honest, if it wasn\'t for the fact that his moral character was not bad, Emperor Hongzhi would definitely dismiss him and would never let him He entered the palace.

  But the Empress Dowager believes in this, and uses the words of a person to determine a court minister...

   Well, Fang Jifan doesn’t seem to be qualified to be a minister of the imperial court, but... he is an orderly official. It is indeed a bit of a joke to determine whether a court orderly official is lying to deceive the public.

  It\'s just that Emperor Hongzhi was pure filial piety, but he was helpless about the decision of the Empress Dowager.

   Not long after, the real Puji arrived.

  Today, he wore the Taoist robe bestowed by the imperial court, entered the palace, and immediately bowed down and made a big salute: "The poor Taoist has met the empress dowager, your majesty, the queen empress, and your highness the crown prince..."

  When the imperial court offered sacrifices to heaven, Puji Zhenren served as the deputy priest, and he had seen the true faces of the nobles in the palace, so he recognized everyone in the palace.

   When the Empress Dowager saw him, her complexion had long since lost the seriousness just now, and she immediately became more pleasant, and hurriedly said, "You don\'t need to be polite."

  Emperor Hongzhi was sullen, but ignored him.

The Empress Dowager said indifferently: "Yesterday, the Ai family ordered someone to send a scripture commentary to the real person. The person who wrote the scripture commentary was young but bold. Although the Ai family read scriptures, they knew nothing about the scriptures. Not many, so I really want to know the real person\'s opinion."

  Zhu Houzhao could only sigh in his heart. At this moment, he didn\'t bother to pretend to be pitiful. Thinking that Fang Jifan was going to be sent out of Beijing, he couldn\'t help feeling depressed.

   In the final analysis, he was the one who harmed him.

   But Master Puji was surprised and said, "This scripture commentary was actually written by a young man?"

  Puji Daoist’s heart was full of turmoil. The person who read the commentary and wrote the commentary of the sutra is so experienced, which shows how profound his understanding of the Tao Te Ching is.

  Before coming here, Master Puji thought that the Sutra was destined to be written by some reclusive expert, who should at least have a gray beard and be at least sixty years old, but unexpectedly, he was a young man.

  At this time, Master Puji had the urge to kill himself with a piece of tofu. He had studied the scriptures for decades, but he was not even as good as a young man.

  I saw the Empress Dowager snorting coldly. She is convinced of the Taoist classics from the bottom of her heart, so she dislikes evil and heretics who tamper with the scriptures.

  So she said: "It\'s not just a young man, he is clearly a young man... Real man, there is no need to hide any taboos in this scripture, let\'s report it together."

  The brat...Young man...

  Puji Zhenren\'s old face turned red all of a sudden, as if someone swung his hand and slapped himself on the face, this old face was in hot pain.

   After taking a deep breath, Puji Zhenren said: "Return to the Empress Dowager, this is a Taoist classic, poor Taoist, I admire it so much."

   "..."

  The hall was suddenly quiet, and everyone\'s expressions became strange.

  Queen Zhang looked surprised.

   Zhu Xiurong, who was ashamed to look at people, raised her eyes in astonishment.

  Zhu Houzhao looked around, wondering what the real person said just now.

  Emperor Hongzhi\'s eyes sank, and he felt that something was wrong.

  The Empress Dowager was originally sitting happily, but at this moment her body trembled, she frowned in surprise and asked, "My real man, what is the meaning of this?"

  The Empress Dowager still didn\'t understand.

  That sutra commentary should be deviant. She has read all the sutra commentaries in the world, but she has never read this one. According to the feedback from the prince and Liu Jin, she is almost sure that it is written by Fang Jifan.

  A young man who has never practiced Daoism, so frivolously going to comment on the Tao Te Ching is simply audacious, but now hearing Puji Zhenren\'s reply, she felt that she might have made a mistake.

But Puji Daoist Yu Daochun showed reverence, and continued: "The Empress Dowager, the poor Taoist has carefully studied this sutra commentary, and has read it seven times, and all the Taoists in the temple have also observed it. The commentary on the scriptures has been praised, no... Poverty is too offensive. The word "appreciated" is ashamed to say. It should be worshiped, and I am ashamed. This scripture inherits all scriptures since the Song and Yuan Dynasties. The knowledge of the scriptures is really rare.”

   "You mean..." The Empress Dowager finally couldn\'t sit still, she stood up trembling slightly, and Wang Yan who was beside her quickly supported her.

  The empress dowager opened Wang Yan, and she barely stood still, her face was full of horror: "Is this not a fallacy?"

  Yu Daochun Surong, after he learned that the author of this scripture was just a young man, he really felt indescribable, but how can someone outside the party lie?

He resolutely said: "This person who inherits the great achievements of Lao Zhuang\'s Tao Te Ching is not understandable by a mere poor Taoist. After obtaining this sutra, a poor Taoist still needs to study carefully or have new insights. However, Pindao can be sure that once this sutra is spread , can be compared with Zhenjing Immortal’s "Tao De Zhen Jing Zhe Shi Zian Wei Pian", which has been handed down for thousands of years."

   This time, not only the Empress Dowager was surprised, but even Emperor Hongzhi was shocked.

  Emperor Hongzhi did not like Taoists, which was preserved by history. Because of the previous emperor\'s relationship, Emperor Hongzhi had a natural aversion to Taoists, but...

  Emperor Hongzhi also heard about Immortal Zhenjing. This person was originally named Chen Jingyuan, and he was the most famous Taoist in the Northern Song Dynasty. He called himself Bixuzi. Song Shenzong once bestowed the title "Master Zhenjing". Afterwards, there were rumors that he ascended to the immortal class in the first year of Song Zhezong Shaosheng.

  Of course, although some people firmly believe in this matter of ascension, others are skeptical. However, this person\'s "Tao De Zhen Jing" is indeed one of the scriptures enshrined by Zhengyi and Quanzhen sects today. Taoism, regardless of whether it is north or south, respects Immortal Zhenjing as the patriarch because of this. one.

   But now we can say that Fang Jifan’s Daoist scriptures are comparable to the “Compilation of Tao Te Ching Jing”?

   These words, the Puji real person who uttered the Longquan view, but people can\'t help but believe it.

  Zhu Houzhao couldn\'t help but whispered in surprise: "This guy is still practicing Taoism..."

The Empress Dowager felt that she was a little powerless, her face was full of surprise, with mixed feelings, she stared at the real person Puji, not only did she recite the "Tao De Zhen Jing Collection Micro Chapters" many times, but also to that person The soaring true immortal is even more revered.

   But no matter what, she couldn\'t connect that fairy from the Northern Song Dynasty with a brat like Fang Jifan.

  The hall was extremely quiet, and there was an indescribable weirdness.

   "Aijia... Aijia..." The Empress Dowager clutched her heart, suddenly feeling a little unbearable, so scared that Wang Yan and Empress Zhang stood up to help.

   "Everyone get up!" The Empress Dowager suddenly said loudly, she let out a long breath, her face was slightly rosy, obviously, the breath that was held in her heart finally came out.

  She stood still and said: "Ai Jia never imagined that she doesn\'t know pearls..."

  After a sigh, the Empress Dowager smiled wryly. After reading the scriptures for a lifetime, she couldn\'t understand the original meaning of the scriptures, but she yelled at people... This made the Empress Dowager feel ashamed.

   "Really, is the other party\'s successor overrated!" The Empress Dowager still couldn\'t help being suspicious.

  Actually, Master Puji is more ashamed than the Empress Dowager. This is a young man...huh? Fang Jifan\'s name is still somewhat familiar.

  Realist Puji didn\'t have time to think about it, so he said, "I\'m going to report to you, I\'m not qualified to judge this person."

  The Empress Dowager was even more surprised. She was not qualified, meaning that Puji Daoist felt that he was far behind Fang Jifan.

  The Empress Dowager had already sat down, she took a deep breath, and couldn\'t help but read in a low voice: "Fang Jifan...Fang Jifan..."

  Because of the Zhang family and Zhou family\'s affairs, she remembered this person, but now... the name is too impressive.

  She let out a breath, and said again: "But how can a young man read this scripture? It\'s really weird."

   This is obviously difficult to explain with common sense.

Puji Daoist smiled wryly and said: "Enlightenment is not divided into seniors and young ones. After all, it is a word of enlightenment. It is a poor way. Although he is tireless, he achieves nothing. It is ridiculous. However, maybe he has another chance. , Ask clearly, and it will be clear.”

  The Empress Dowager was thoughtful, and had to say that she had to be cautious about Fang Jifan.

How could she have thought that such a ghostly fellow could comprehend the scriptures of Taoism? Entering the palace at noon on the ninth day of the first month to celebrate the birthday..."

   Speaking of this, she paused for a moment, as if feeling insufficient, she said again: "It\'s better to come to greet the prince with Chenshi."

  Emperor Hongzhi was shocked when he heard this.

  The ninth day of June is the birthday of the Empress Dowager, so there is nothing wrong with entering the palace to celebrate her birthday on this day.

  However, there is a great mystery about the time here.

In the beginning, the Empress Dowager ordered Fang Jifan to come at noon, noon is noon, and noon is the time for the banquet. At this time, some wives will be invited to enter the palace for the banquet at this time, but the Empress Dowager doesn’t like big things It is a big event, so most of the wives invited to the banquet are the wives of the Dukes in Beijing, and the wives of the first rank, and the number of wives is not many.

  But the Empress Dowager quickly changed her mind and changed the noon to Chenshi, which was after Maoshi, probably after breakfast, and even asked her to greet the prince with her.

  Because except for the royal family members, it is very inappropriate to enter the palace at this time.

  (end of this chapter)